I hadn’t heard that agents don’t like you subbing to publishers. But I have been waiting until I was ready to sub to DAW. It is the only one at the moment. I don’t see the harm in a sub. I don’t have any offers yet. Fingers crossed.

I’m glad you are doing so well!

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Comment on Submission Anxiety by Stacy McKitrick https://firefliesandlaserbeams.com/2020/05/13/submission-anxiety/#comment-1325
Wed, 13 May 2020 17:27:26 +0000http://firefliesandlaserbeams.com/?p=1889#comment-1325Good luck!! However… I’d save querying publishers until you’ve gone through all the agents, first. A lot of agents don’t like it if you’ve subbed to publishers.

I never got an agent. I got published long after I’d exhausted my search. And that was through Savvy Authors (I think). An editor with a publisher was having a pitch session over there, so I pitched. Got a request for the first however many pages. I made sure to end it on a hook. Score! She wanted to read the rest and I got my contract. I still wish (sometimes) that I had gotten an agent, though. I might have gotten a better deal.

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Comment on The Last Emperox -Scalzi is on Fire! by Hieronymus Hawkes https://firefliesandlaserbeams.com/2020/04/19/the-last-emperox-scalzi-is-on-fire/#comment-1323
Thu, 23 Apr 2020 23:17:47 +0000http://fireflieslaserbeams.com/?p=1880#comment-1323In reply to Andi.

That sounds perfect, Stacy. I am in the process of adding chapters now for my WIP with more from the BBT. =)
I’m really proud of how successful you’ve become!
Thank you for commenting!

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Comment on What is the Flavor of Your Antagonist? by Stacy McKitrick https://firefliesandlaserbeams.com/2020/04/11/what-is-the-flavor-of-your-antagonist/#comment-1320
Mon, 13 Apr 2020 12:43:06 +0000http://fireflieslaserbeams.com/?p=1871#comment-1320I don’t outline, or plot. I just write. But yeah, you need something/someone for conflict. Something that goes against what the hero wants. I like what Kristen Lamb calls is: Big Bad Troublemaker.

I usually don’t realize who the BBT is until I’m about half-way through the book (sometimes not until the end!). That’s what revisions are for. I then go back and foreshadow stuff earlier on. It’s so much more fun to do it that way because I know what they’re up to now and I can get really evil. In the conflict-sense, that is. 🙂

The panic is my concern. Things are still in flux and it may very well get worse before it gets better, but the numbers in China look better every day.

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Comment on Media Need to STOP Feeding the Coronavirus Fears by J Balconi https://firefliesandlaserbeams.com/2020/02/28/media-need-to-stop-feeding-the-coronavirus-fears/#comment-1315
Sun, 01 Mar 2020 23:12:29 +0000http://fireflieslaserbeams.com/?p=1806#comment-1315I wrote a post (scheduled to publish soon) about the dearth of filter masks. I understand China’s in-country use is affecting shipments, but even the local hardware store’s shelves are bare. It’s like milk-bread-toiletpaper panic buying.
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